在26个英文字母中，辅音字母有20个，分别是B、C、D、F、G、H、J、K、L、M、N、P、Q、R、S、T、V、W、X、Z。
相比较元音发音时，需要张大嘴巴做好嘴型。辅音的发音大多数时候是需要闭上嘴巴，通过阻断空气避免其轻易地通过嘴巴，如发音时嘴唇相碰或舌头触碰牙齿来发出。辅音根据发音的时候声带是否振动，分成两大类：清辅音和浊辅音。
b [b] bag bike；c [k] cake card ；c [s] face decide；d [d] desk dad；
f [f] fine five；g [g] good bag；g [dʒ] gym giraffe ；g [ʒ] massage rouge
h [h] hello hat；j [dʒ] jacket job；k [k] key like；l [l] hello like；
l [ɫ] milk bell；m [m] morning name；n [n] no nice；n [ŋ] pink bank；
p [p] map pen；r [r] Frank red；s [s] spell thanks；s [ʃ] sugar Asia；
s [ʒ] pleasure leisure；t [t] it what；v [v] evening vest ；w [w] what we；
x [ks] box six；x [gz] exam exhaust；y [j] you yellow；
z [z] zoo zero；z [ʒ] crozier seizure
